PT-2024-39598 · WordPress · Aggregator Advanced Settings

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-10-03 · Updated 2024-10-10 · CVE-2024-9368

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Aggregator Advanced Settings plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.2.1

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Recommendations For Aggregator Advanced Settings plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.2.1, update to a version higher than 1.2.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to SVG file uploads for users with Author-level access and above until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9368

Affected Products

Aggregator Advanced Settings

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9368 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9368 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1842062691143168462 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1842174785188418016 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6947 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/aggregator-advanced-settings/#developers · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/838bfa4c-2eb7-4f76-a6c3-ab4684f3913c?source=cve · Note